We Can!™ Community News Feature

Do You Know Your GO, SLOW, and WHOA Foods?

(NAPS)—A healthy diet is essential to helping families maintain a healthy weight. While people occasionally struggle with food choices, you can make healthy choices that not only taste good but are good for you. We Can! (Ways to Enhance Children’s Activity and Nutrition), an educational program of the National Institutes of Health for parents of children ages 8 to 13, defines food options in terms of GO, SLOW, and WHOA.

GO foods are the lowest in fat, sugar and calories, and can be eaten almost anytime. SLOW foods are higher in fat, added sugar and calories and should be eaten sometimes or less often. WHOA foods should only be eaten occasionally.

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We Can! is a collaboration between the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute,
the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases,
the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development,
and the National Cancer Institute.

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